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IN DEFENSE OF CASE CONSULTATION: MAYBE “DEAD” SUPERVISION ISN'T DEAD AFTER ALL
Author(s) -
McCollum Eric E.,
Wetchler Joseph L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00150.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , session (web analytics) , raw data , psychology , family therapy , psychotherapist , computer science , political science , artificial intelligence , law , history , world wide web , programming language , archaeology
Clinical supervision based on “raw data”—the supervisor having direct access to the therapy session via tape or live observation—has become a hallmark of family therapy training. Despite the many advantages of such an approach, it also has limitations. The case consultation approach to supervision provides a different perspective which complements raw data supervision and remedies some of the limitations of the raw data approach. This paper proposes four specific tasks that are best undertaken in case consultation sessions: understanding the “architecture” of therapy, helping trainees build theoretical models of change, understanding the clients'broader context, and understanding the student's broader context.